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Mike Rounds: “If something was right before and the use of artificial…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Questions Joshua Simmons and Peter Metzger at a Select Committee on Intelligence Open Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:38

… would like to share with you is that if something was wrong before, not legal before, the use of artificial intelligence in that action does not make it right. Or If something was right before and the use of artificial intelligence is applied to speed up a process, it does not make it wrong. Would that be a fair way to begin the discussion? Thank you, Senator. I think that's a good example of the type of innovative application of the law as it exists to an emerging technology. (04:38–04:46)

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Asserts that AI does not change the legality of actions that were previously legal.

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